Wash U Expert: Ebola quarantines essential for public health
Recent revelations that NBC News’
chief medical correspondent violated an Ebola quarantine after
returning from Africa, and that a Dallas health care worker infected
with the virus boarded a commercial jet have focused the nation’s
attention on Ebola and what can be done to protect citizens. While measures like quarantine do restrict the freedom
of exposed individuals, they do so to protect the public’s health, says a
Washington University in St. Louis expert on biomedical ethics.
Randolph receives $1.5M NIH research grant
Gwendalyn Randolph, PhD, professor of pathology and immunology and of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a four-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research titled “VEGF-C/VEGFR3 and Lymphatic Transport of Cholesterol from Atherosclerotic Plaque.”
Brownson installed as Bernard Becker Professor
In an Oct. 8 ceremony, Ross C. Brownson, PhD, a leading expert in chronic disease prevention and applied epidemiology, was installed as the Bernard Becker Professor. Brownson holds joint appointments at the Brown School and at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
When should women push during labor?
More than 3 million pregnant women give birth in the United States every year. But physicians still know little about the best ways to manage the crucial second stage of labor, the stage that is the hardest physically on mothers and their babies. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine
in St. Louis have received an $8.7 million grant to study how best to
manage the second stage.
New series of discussions about diversity and inclusion on Medical Campus
In an effort to extend opportunities to members of the medical school community who wish to share thoughts and viewpoints on becoming a more diverse and inclusive community, the School of Medicine is hosting a series of facilitated discussions.
Damage to brain ‘hubs’ causes extensive impairment
Injuries to six brain areas are much more devastating to patients’ abilities to think and adapt to everyday challenges than damage to other parts of the brain, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine have learned.
Unusual skin cancer linked to chronic allergy from metal orthopedic implant
In rare cases, patients with allergies to metals such
as nickel develop persistent skin rashes after metal devices are
implanted near the skin. New research suggests these patients may be at
increased risk of an unusual and aggressive form of skin cancer from the inflammatory cells and molecules that gather at the site.
Shirai, Bagaitkar receive research excellence awards
The annual Dr. Adel A. Yunis Awards for Research Excellence recognize outstanding postdoctoral fellows, house staff or students conducting basic research in molecular hematology. This year’s recipients are Cara Lunn Shirai, PhD, and Juhi Bagaitkar, PhD.
The dwindling stock of antibiotics, and what to do about it
Pharmaceutical companies have largely abandoned the business of discovering and developing antibiotics and our stock of these “miracle drugs” is beginning to shrink. Michael Kinch and his colleagues at Washington University in St. Louis are working to create new models for drug discovery that could replace the failed private enterprise model.
Campus Renewal: A vision unfolds
For nearly two years, clinicians, staff, patients and families have worked hand in hand with the Washington University Medical Center Campus Renewal design team to transform the future of health care on the Medical Campus.
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